Sakura Oyama

Sakura received her B.A. in anthropology and biology from Washington University in St. Louis in 2017. As an undergraduate, she pursued research projects on medical decision-making in Madagascar and brown adipose tissue in mice with normoglycemic obesity. After graduating, she studied applied biological anthropology at the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge scholar. Her MPhil dissertation compared metabolic rates and fluctuating asymmetry in collegiate rowers. At Yale, Sakura is studying the impact of obesity on maternal and child health in Samoa. She is mentored by Dr. Richard Bribiescas and Dr. Nicola Hawley. Her dissertation project will examine the impact of obesity on female reproductive function in Samoa.